thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | September 30, 2008
Just a note on a little experiment I am doing. One of the useful bits I got from Context (aside from reminding various people that I still exist) was a talk on effective blogging given by Toby Buckell. One of many points he made was the idea that regularity was pretty important. (As [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 29, 2008
According to Charlie Stross:
We are living in interesting times; in fact, they’re so interesting that it is not currently possible to write near-future SF.
He has a few points about the hazards of planning a near-future SF novel in a plausible fashion, the most important IMHO being the long lead time between writing and publication where [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 26, 2008
Prophets comes out in March 2009, and in advance of it coming out I have made my first attempt at a book trailer. The images are from NASA, a godsend for folks looking for spectacular royalty-free sfnal imagery. The music comes from Kevin MacLeod who runs a great music site that allows a [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 26, 2008
Just a note that I will be showing up at Context 21 Saturday and Sunday. I’m on three panels:
11:30 AM SAT How To Build A Dystopia
1:00 PM SAT Genre Labels
1:00 PM SUN Are Agents Necessary?
I’m not going to be there tonight though, [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 25, 2008
Does anyone else find it amusing (I laugh so I do not cry) that both campaigns started immediately pointing fingers at each other about all the Freddie Mac and Fannie May insiders that pepper both their campaigns?
Am I the only one who sees McCain’s “OMG lets stop campaigning and deal with the crisis” as a [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 21, 2008
Saturday we took the dogs to a great place called “Bow Wow Beach” which is, as you can deduce from the name, a dog park. It is, in fact a pretty damn sweet dog park that includes seven fenced-in acres, its own lake, and about five Wimbledon’s worth of tennis balls. Lilly had [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 20, 2008
Officially got to 33% of Heretics today. So far I am on course to get this thing done by year end.
S Andrew Swann | September 20, 2008
More or less randomly I was reading a thread on the Agony Booth and got thinking about fan fiction and how it relates to writing more generally. I generally look at fan fiction as a benign thing, as long as the fan work doesn’t start infringing on the rights of the original, (i.e. isn’t [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 17, 2008
Power is back.
Now I have the flu.
I preferred the blackout.
S Andrew Swann | September 15, 2008
The remains of hurricane Ike came by and messed up the power grid in NE Ohio. No internet access at home or at the day job right now. I’m in a coffee shop that’s avoided the outages right now. So, at least I can get my writing done.
Considering the devestation this storm has left in [...]
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